INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY FAYRE
Being an ex-pat living on Spain’s Costa del Sol, it’s nice from time to time to get together with other ex-pats and the Costa Women‘s group is great for that. […]
2 new book reviews from HNS INDIE REVIEW
THE ONLY BLUE DOOR HISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETY INDIE REVIEW January 2014 Most of us are familiar with child evacuation during World War 2, but I wonder how many know about child […]
Madinat al-Zahra a splendid city now in ruins
View from the upper terrace Entrance to the Royal Residence When I first heard about the ruins of Madinat al-Zahra, I was intrigued by the idea that a palace-city of […]
Overnight in Cádiz
Some years ago we decided to mark our wedding anniversary by going away for a few days rather than the usual dinner out and a present that neither of us […]
Writing: art or craft?
Since a very young age I have been fascinated with words and the world of the imagination – a fascination that has never left me. I always wanted to write […]
Smashwords interview
As part of a scheme to help promote their writers’ books SMASHWORDS have been doing a series of author interviews. If you’d like to read mine go to SMASHWORDS INTERVIEW They […]
The Christmas Blog Tour sponsored by Paul Anthony Associates
Welcome to the Christmas Blog Tour: A group of authors entertaining their readers with some thrilling tales of fiction. Let’s find out what they are up to at the moment. […]
The advantages of self-publishing
Two years ago I gave my novel Between the Sierra and the Sea to a vanity publishing house to publish. They did not style themselves as vanity-publishers, rather they talked […]
Latest novel: THE ONLY BLUE DOOR
I began to write THE ONLY BLUE DOOR about two years ago, after reading an article in a magazine about children who were sent to Australia by the British government […]
Interview on Mijas 3.40 TV
Last week I drove to Fuengirola to meet Karen McMahon, an interviewer with the Mijas International section of Mijas 340 TV. This excellent local television channel serves both Spanish and […]